The Battle of Sanluri in the process of recreating Sardinian identity

The Battle of Sanluri of 1409 represents one of the most critical moments of conflict that the Crown of Aragon maintained in Sardinia for the royal occupation and control of the island. For the Sardinian people, the battle represents, without a doubt, the hardest and most sorrowful expression of open conflict with the Crown of Aragon, which lasted almost from the Iberian troops arriving in Sardinia. The harsh defeat of the Arborean troops and the almost immediate death of Martin the Younger, have made this macabre scenario a place of remembrance for the Sardinian people and an event which, remembered throughout the ages, has been transformed into a container of various elements that are essential for the formation of the Sardinian identity.